A large anti-encroachment drive was carried out in Gujarat’s Viramgam town to widen State Highway No. 17. Authorities demolished three dargahs, shops and nearly 100 encroachments.
A major anti-encroachment drive by Western Railway in Garib Nagar, Bandra East, turned violent on Wednesday when residents protested the demolition of an alleged...
The Haridwar district administration demolished an alleged illegal Mazar built on government land belonging to the Irrigation Department in the Suman Nagar area on...
Thousands of street vendors in Old Delhi halted work on Thursday to protest an MCD anti-encroachment drive near Jama Masjid. Following a High Court order, authorities began clearing stalls to ease congestion, while vendors demand protection under the Street Vendors Act.
The Supreme Court noted that encroachment on the forest land has "emerged as one of the gravest challenges confronting environmental governance in the country."
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that around 912 acres, an area bigger than the campus of IIT Guwahati was freed from illegal encroachment in Hailakandi district.